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General Manager

Veterans Canteen Service
Fort Wayne, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 3/18/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/18/2025

Salary $55,331

General Manager

Looking for a better work-life balance? Join an amazing organization that puts Veteran’s first for an amazing career! With over 78 years of serving our nation’s Veterans, the Veterans Canteen Service (VCS) is currently seeking progressive Leaders who want to grow with us. We are looking for dynamic General Managers to join our fast- paced environment and have a passion for our Veterans and their families with prior multi-unit experience. The VCS is a federal agency under the Department of Veteran Affairs and operates cafés, retail stores, coffee shops and vending machines across the country.

Duties:

The General Manager oversees all aspects of canteen operations in Fort Wayne, IN including retail, food service, vending, sales, merchandising, and accountability. This role entails comprehensive personnel management, administrative oversight, and process evaluations related to canteen functions, such as planograms (POGs), retail point-of-sale (RPOS) systems, inventory control, stock scheduling, food safety, sanitation, and promotional initiatives. Additionally, the General Manager is responsible for achieving financial targets and executing program objectives as directed by the Veterans Canteen Service Central Office (VCSCO) and/or the Regional Director.


VCS offers competitive benefits, including:

  • Opportunities for career advancement.
  • Childcare Subsidy Program.
  • No nights.
  • Major Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance & Life Insurance.
  • Vacation & Sick Leave to include 11 (paid) Federal Holidays.
  • Federal Retirement, Pension.
  • Public Transportation Benefits (Bus Pass).
  • Visit us at https://www.vacanteen.va.gov/ for more information about the Veterans Canteen Service.

Required Minimum Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 3-5 years of direct food/retail management experience
  • Prior experience with inventory management, supply cost and shrinkage controls, and P&L management experience.
  • Proven track record of building sales, increasing profits, staff development
  • Ability to assess business needs and problem solve
  • Hands-on leadership with a strong focus on service and hospitality
  • Proficient computer skills using Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, etc.)
  • Experience with POS Systems
  • ServSafe certification required or obtained within 90 days of hire date
  • Associate Degree preferred, but not required, in Business, Hospitality or Management

Participation in the seasonal influenza and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination programs are requirements for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Participation in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment. It is a requirement that all HCP receive the COVID-19 vaccination and annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons.

Salary : $55,331

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